Colic, laminitis, strangles, bovine mastitis, ketosis, bloat, swine and small ruminant diseases, and herd health programs.
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- What is colic in horses?
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A general term for abdominal pain, not a specific diagnosis.- Which colic condition involves the large colon shifting over the nephrosplenic ligament?
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Nephrosplenic (renosplenic) entrapment.- What is right dorsal displacement of the large colon?
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The large colon moves between the body wall and the cecum, up toward the diaphragm.- What is an enterolith?
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A mineral concretion, usually forming around a foreign object, that can obstruct the intestine.- What type of soil increases a horse's risk of sand colic?
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Sandy soil.- What is epiploic foramen entrapment?
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Small intestine becomes trapped within the epiploic foramen near the liver.- What bacterium causes strangles in horses?
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Streptococcus equi subspecies equi.- What is the hallmark clinical sign of strangles?
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Abscessation of the submandibular and retropharyngeal lymph nodes.- What is "bastard strangles"?
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Metastatic spread of Streptococcus equi abscesses to internal organs.- What immune-mediated condition can follow strangles infection or vaccination?
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Purpura hemorrhagica.- What structure becomes inflamed in laminitis?
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The laminae connecting the hoof wall to the distal phalanx (coffin bone).- What metabolic condition commonly predisposes horses to laminitis?
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Equine metabolic syndrome (insulin dysregulation with obesity).- How can grain overload lead to laminitis?
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Excess hindgut carbohydrate fermentation causes endotoxemia that damages the laminae.- What radiographic change is seen in chronic laminitis?
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Rotation or sinking of the distal phalanx within the hoof capsule.- Name a contagious bacterial cause of bovine mastitis.
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Staphylococcus aureus (or Streptococcus agalactiae).
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